Army-McCarthy Hearings and censure from the Senate
The decision of Mao
The conflict began when G. David Schine, a member of McCarthy’s staff, was drafted into the army. McCarthy lobbied the army to get Schine an easier life. However, when the army refused to cooperate, McCarthy charged that the army was using Schine “as a hostage to prevent exposure of communists in the military” (Gustainis). The army accused McCarthy of interference. At President Eisenhower’s request, the hearings, from April to June in 1954, were conducted before television audiences. By June the nation had reached the conclusion that McCarthy was nothing more than a villain, who caught public attention by “making vicious personal attacks” (“McCarthy”).
The final debacle of McCarthy was censure from the Senate. On June 30, 1954, shortly after the end of the hearings, a Republican Senator, Flanders, “introduced a resolution calling for McCarthy’s censure”. Senate Majority Leader Johnson formed a conservative committee led by Watkins, to maximize its credibility. “Charges included contempt of the Senate and its committee and abuse of fellow senators and of an army general” (“McCarthy”). At the end of the year, the Senate vote “robbed him of his power and status”.
The fall for the Red Guards was much faster than their rise to power. Seeing the prospect of destruction the Red Guards had posed over China, Mao supported the idea to officially end the Red Guards’ power over army. On July 28, 1968, Mao and other leaders interviewed and condemned several prominent Red Guards. In December, Mao began the “Down to the Countryside Movement”, in which “young intellectuals living in cities were ordered to go to the countryside”, thus lessen the social disruption.
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The final debacle of McCarthy was censure from the Senate. On June 30, 1954, shortly after the end of the hearings, a Republican Senator, Flanders, “introduced a resolution calling for McCarthy’s censure”. Senate Majority Leader Johnson formed a conservative committee led by Watkins, to maximize its credibility. “Charges included contempt of the Senate and its committee and abuse of fellow senators and of an army general” (“McCarthy”). At the end of the year, the Senate vote “robbed him of his power and status”.
Transcript for the Hearings
Impact on society